We purchased the microwave a month ago and have been very pleased with it with one exception. This exception is not Cuisinart's problem. Our old microwave was 1100 watts. The New stainless steel Cuisinart is 1000 watts... only 100 watts difference but a world of cook time difference.

Owned many microwaves. This one is extremely simple to operate even without reading directions. Stainless interior a dream to clean. Would recommend to anyone needing mid sized microwave.

I purchased this microwave after the one I had for many years gave out on me. I looked around, read many reviews and decided to go with this Cuisinart. I mainly chose Cuisinart because I have other products in my kitchen. So far it is working well and I love the silver interior.

Stainless steel is easy to clean. It is so quiet. It really makes a difference. The cheaper brands I got before only lasted an average of 3 years. The door opener always breaks, but the tray always rattled when it rotated. No rattling at all and handle opens differently.

The manual that comes with this is small and very basic, and also doesn't explain a lot! Cooking is very good especially the presets with beverages and popcorn which I have to say is the best feature and i use those often.

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  Stainless steel front-finish, steel inside too, a lot of easy cleaning.Runs very quiet compared to my last 3 or 4 microwaves, I look sometimes to make sure its still running.

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  I took away 1 egg because you cannot enter times under 30sec. For ex: I like warm bagles in the AM w/coffee-I used to just put in for 10-20 sec in old microwaves....this is the 1st one i ever saw that has a minimum time of 30-sec ( and thats only by hitting the start button).

Sharp appearance, decent performance, compact size, easy to use, easy to clean interior.

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  Good appearance, cooks evenly, multi-stage timer, smaller size.

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  "Look at me" appearance of logo, faux stainless on top and sides.

Bought over a month ago and has been living up to my expectations thus far. All features have not been used yet but is great for reheating foods and defrosting. Only issue that a family member has noticed was condensation inbetween the glass in the door when reheating frozen vegetables.

Love the appearance and am satisfied with the performance and ease of use. The only negative that I would convey is the buzzing it makes when running. Don't know if this is normal for this model, but it is different than other models that I've used/owned.

I've been using this unit for months, after the untimely demise of my ancient microwave. Finding a microwave with wholly positive reviews is daunting, but this Cuisinart model lives up to expectations. The microwave is simple to use and cooks food quickly.

My old microwave caused my dishes to bubble over, splatter, and create a mess. I had to throw it away because the door button stopped working. It was a blessing in disguise. This lower wattage unit, while taking an average of 30 second longer to warm food from a frozen state, does a near perfect job...